The 18th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2021 competition until 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. The contest is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-based businesses in Wisconsin. The contest links up-and-coming entrepreneurs with a statewide network of...
What do these companies have in common? Pinterest, Uber, Dropbox, Slack, WhatsApp, Airbnb, Square, Stripe, Google and PayPal. (Hint: It’s more than just tech.) The first eight companies on the list were born during the Great Recession of the late 2000s and the other two during...
The 18th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2021 competition through 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 2021. The contest is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-based businesses in Wisconsin. The contest links up-and-coming entrepreneurs with a...
A Madison-based “drug delivery” technology platform for extended-release medications used in the treatment of opioid addiction took home the grand prize in the 17th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Jacqueline Hind, Lisa Krugner Higby, Timothy Heath and others created Plumb Pharmaceuticals, which is a platform...
MADISON, Wis. – Twenty-eight entries representing sectors as broad as health technologies and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 17th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have survived two rounds of judging in the contest organized through...
MADISON – Fifty-two entries from 22 communities have advanced to the semi-final round of the 17th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced. The contestants were selected from a field of more than 200 qualified first-round entries by an independent panel of 95 judges...
Shelley K. Mesch | Wisconsin State Journal Faux leather, latex paints, adhesives, no-chip nail polish — all of these and more are made with a key ingredient that’s made from petroleum and comes at a high price point, but a Madison-based startup says it can make...
The 2020 version of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is under way and it has already provided a fascinating glimpse at Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial profile. The entry phase closed Jan. 31 with 200 entries spread across four broad categories – advanced manufacturing, business services, information technology...
The entry deadline for the 17th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is 5 p.m. Jan. 31. Don’t miss an opportunity to share up to $150,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. Get started at govsbizplancontest.com! Here are 10 reasons you should enter your business idea: It’s free....
MADISON, Wis. – More women are taking steps to become entrepreneurs, and that interest has been reflected in recent years through entries, semi-finalists and finalists in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The deadline to enter the contest online is 5 p.m. Jan. 31 at www.govsbizplancontest.com. Nearly...